Desolation

Intro

Boots crack the dust beneath us

Switchbacks curling up the spine

Breath slows, you tug the strap tighter

Birdcalls echo, shoulders ache

Verse

Your hair, a flare in late sun

Counting miles on my cracked hands

Salt on lips, you don't look back

So quiet, every branch snaps loud

Pre-Chorus

Hoping the summit saves us

Your voice thinning in the wind

Words slip, caught in pine needles

Already drifting further off

Chorus

Steps dissolve on broken shale

Red hair flickers through the haze

Ghost of laughter in the brush

We walk, but the space has changed

Verse 2

Hands cold in the morning mist

Sun climbs, but I feel erased

Your outline blurs past the ridge

Each mile further, less we say

Bridge

Faded maps in my jacket

Clouds drift low, skin pulled tight

Questions left trailing behind

Shadows twist where paths divide

Chorus

Steps dissolve on broken shale

Red hair flickers through the haze

Ghost of laughter in the brush

We walk, but the space has changed

Outro

Last light slips through tangled pines

I watch silence fill your place

No answers waiting in dusk

Only footprints lost in gray

Outro

Last light slips through tangled pines

I watch silence fill your place

No answers waiting in dusk

Only footprints lost in gray

Refrain

The cold settles on my skin

Empty trails with no return

Your memory shapes the night

Still walking though the weight grows